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PRV infected farmed salmon
PRV infected farmed salmon
Pacific Salmon Foundation
A new scientific study has shown for the first time that the Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) virus, known to cause disease in farmed Atlantic salmon, may cause a pathologically different, but related disease in Chinook salmon in British Columbia. The study is part of the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative (SSHI) – a partnership of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, Genome BC and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
“The results of this study are significant because they show – for the first time – strong evidence that the same strain of PRV that causes heart and skeletal muscle inflammation disease (HSMI) in Atlantic salmon is likely to cause disease in at least one species of Pacific salmon,” said Dr. Brian Riddell, president and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation. “These findings add to the existing concerns about the potential impacts of open net salmon farming on wild Pacific salmon off the coast of BC”.
A copy of the new study has been posted on the PSF website at www.psf.ca.
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